Parents fractured hands, feet of girl, 3, police say

Two La Crosse parents fractured the hands and feet of their three-year-old daughter, limited her to three drinks a day so she wouldn't wet her pants and gave her 90-minute time-outs without letting her sit, the Chippewa Herald reported, citing police reports.

A medical exam found old and new fractures consistent with being hit with a blunt object, the paper reports on its website.

"Mommy and Daddy hit," the child told investigators, according to the paper; it cited the La Crosse police reports.

The child's father, 23, and mother, 20, are due Monday in La Crosse County Circuit Court on charges of child neglect resulting in bodily harm, causing mental harm to a child and failure to act to prevent bodily harm to a child, the paper says. Both are in the La Crosse County Jail, according to the Herald.